Hi Eric S Fraga,

Eric S Fraga wrote:
> "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgw...@spammotel.com> writes:
>>>       cfw:fchar-top-right-corner ?xxxx=┓)
>>
>> But what a pitty: they don't exist (I mean they have no graphical
>> representation) in Consolas, my default font for Emacs... Damn!
>
> I was going to suggest you try Liberation Mono; it's what I moved to from
> Consolas for just this reason. However, I am confused about fonts in Emacs.
> If I "C-u C-x =" at any character in this paragraph, I get for example:
>
> : xft:-unknown-Liberation Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-16-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1 
> (#x4C)

Look at the results under Windows (in 8 pt):

http://i.imgur.com/qkavC.png

Some figures are simply missing dots in their graphical representation...

> If, however, I do this at the top right corner character above, I get
>
> : xft:-unknown-DejaVu Sans 
> Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-16-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1 (#x933)
>
> It seems Emacs is using different typefaces...
>
> In any case, I do recommend Liberation but I guess I should also recomment
> DejaVu Sans? ;-)

DejaVu Sans is a bit better, but it must be in 9pt to be right... while I
really like smaller fonts.

I still will give it a try for a couple of days. But, as of now, nothing beats
Consolas yet...

Thanks for your tip.

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban


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